Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 instances 10.00 higher, 700 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, over 800 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher advance on 700 to 750 lbs. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.49/cwt on 3,184 head.

Average price

$162.49

3,184 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1

$40.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	569	165.28	940	157
Medium and Large 1	622	163.39	1,016	2,890
Medium and Large 1-2	648	143.62	931	112
Medium 1	805	125.00	1,006	25

One grade step is worth $40.28/cwt here — about −$67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3,184 hd

162.49

—

CO average4 barns · 5,431 hd

160.62

+1.86

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,814	81.57	1,480	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,464	63.67	932	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	59.01	720	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	47.22	460	29

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	161.58/cwt	156.50–165.25	1,007	543
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	127.81/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,104	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	137.40/cwt	135.00–143.50	864	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	206.19/cwt	202.50–209.50	872	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	136.36/cwt	135.00–137.50	979	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	139.80/cwt	138.50–141.50	928	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	181.51/cwt	178.00–187.00	947	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	147.25/cwt	143.00–152.25	991	309
Bulls	—	—	1,692	78.53/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,329	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	57.59/cwt	54.50–60.00	708	21
Bulls	—	—	1,926	84.23/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,622	6
Bulls	—	—	2,088	88.77/cwt	88.00–89.50	1,854	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	983	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	64.51/cwt	64.00–66.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	834	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	176.43/cwt	174.50–177.50	683	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	215.98/cwt	215.00–217.50	827	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	190.56/cwt	189.00–193.00	907	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,099	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	156.13/cwt	152.00–159.00	821	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	708	142.19/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,007	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	130.78/cwt	129.00–132.25	1,080	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,038	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	142.59/cwt	141.00–143.00	826	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	48.57/cwt	47.00–54.00	484	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	658	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	53.69/cwt	48.00–60.00	614	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	474	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	943	60
Heifers	Large 1	—	573	141.57/cwt	140.50–143.00	811	91
Steers	Large 1	—	538	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	931	62
Heifers	Large 1	—	458	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	696	35
Steers	Large 1	—	619	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	126.55/cwt	123.00–128.25	985	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	158.91/cwt	155.00–164.00	755	230
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	61.98/cwt	61.00–64.50	745	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	41.90/cwt	39.00–43.00	366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	133.67/cwt	131.00–139.00	898	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	519	191.04/cwt	190.00–194.00	991	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	173.17/cwt	169.00–178.00	985	445
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	231	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	513	32
Steers	Medium 1	—	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	25
Steers	Large 1	—	584	161.73/cwt	160.00–164.00	945	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	931	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	128.89/cwt	126.50–131.75	932	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.44/cwt	147.00–157.00	871	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	135.44/cwt	133.75–136.50	1,059	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.50	915	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	669	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	943	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	166.50/cwt	164.00–171.00	714	66

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Mar 9, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,154Last week 2,130Year ago 7,267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 135Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 89Last week 50Year ago 42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
543	—	623	156.50–165.25	161.58
109	—	864	125.00–129.50	127.81
138	—	423	202.50–209.50	206.19
164	—	718	135.00–137.50	136.36
299	—	522	178.00–187.00	181.51
309	—	673	143.00–152.25	147.25
29	—	383	215.00–217.50	215.98
95	—	476	189.00–193.00	190.56
18	—	908	121.00	121.00
194	—	826	129.00–132.25	130.78
445	—	569	169.00–178.00	173.17
32	—	231	222.00	222.00
145	—	782	133.75–136.50	135.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	664	138.50–141.50	139.80
69	—	638	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	708	142.00–143.00	142.19
85	—	616	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	474	199.00	199.00
122	—	519	190.00–194.00	191.04
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	538	173.00	173.00
12	—	619	150.00	150.00
83	—	584	160.00–164.00	161.73
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	805	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	629	135.00–143.50	137.40
52	—	387	174.50–177.50	176.43
7	—	838	120.00	120.00
462	—	526	152.00–159.00	156.13
245	—	778	123.00–128.25	126.55
230	—	475	155.00–164.00	158.91
284	—	672	131.00–139.00	133.67
256	—	723	126.50–131.75	128.89
260	—	575	147.00–157.00	151.44
66	—	429	164.00–171.00	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	513	162.50	162.50
30	—	629	145.00–146.50	145.49
22	—	669	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	579	141.00–143.00	142.59
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	573	140.50–143.00	141.57
35	—	458	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,692	76.00–81.00	78.53
6	—	1,926	82.00–87.00	84.23
2	—	2,088	88.00–89.50	88.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,229	54.50–60.00	57.59
10	—	1,202	61.00–64.50	61.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	62.00	62.00
4	—	1,403	64.00–66.00	64.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	997	47.00–54.00	48.57
1	—	1,175	56.00	56.00
7	—	874	39.00–43.00	41.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,143	48.00–60.00	53.69

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

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Slaughter Cattle

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